City of Greenville, TX
City of Greenville's outage record
City of Greenville customers in Texas rarely lose power at all: 0.6 interruptions last year, adding up to just 55 minutes without electricity over the whole year. That is 76% less outage time than the Texas state average of 3.7 hours a year.
What a typical outage at City of Greenville looks like
At an average of 1.7 hours per outage, most interruptions here end before a fuel generator would even be worth starting up. The frequency-versus-duration guide covers why length decides the kind of backup.
Do City of Greenville customers need a generator
Most City of Greenville customers keep power almost all year. Serving 17,957 customers here, You probably do not need a generator unless you already have another reason to want one.
How City of Greenville's record was measured
City of Greenville filed these numbers itself, as a municipally-owned utility, under EIA Form 861 - a federal reliability report covering its entire Texas territory, serving 17,957 customers here, not a single street or outage. Want the Texas average instead of just this one utility? Texas's statewide record is here. The full scoring method lives in the methodology guide.